Aquaponics Fundamentals
Over eight modules, you'll gain hands-on knowledge to design, build, and maintain your own aquaponics system, while understanding how this growing method connects to food security, climate resilience, and community empowerment.
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Lesson 2: Fish Selection & Care
Learn how to choose the right fish species and provide proper care, from nutrition and tank selection to stocking density and fish welfare.
Learn how to choose the right fish species and provide proper care, from nutrition and tank selection to stocking density and fish welfare.
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How to match your fish to your plants.
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Lesson 3: Plant Cultivation
Discover the wide range of plants that thrive in aquaponics systems and learn how to select grow beds, start seeds, manage nutrients, and handle pests.
Discover the wide range of plants that thrive in aquaponics systems and learn how to select grow beds, start seeds, manage nutrients, and handle pests.
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Lesson 4: Microbes & Nitrogen Cycle
Understand the microbial community that powers every aquaponics system, learning how to safely introduce and monitor bacteria through the cycling process.
Understand the microbial community that powers every aquaponics system, learning how to safely introduce and monitor bacteria through the cycling process.
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Lesson 5: Water Quality Management
Master the essential factors behind healthy water, including temperature, oxygen, pH, and water sources for plants, fish, and bacteria to thrive together.
Master the essential factors behind healthy water, including temperature, oxygen, pH, and water sources for plants, fish, and bacteria to thrive together.
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Lesson 6: Hardware & Design
Put it all together. Learn the hardware fundamentals like tanks, pumps, plumbing, filtration, and more, for designing your own small or mid-size aquaponics system.
Put it all together. Learn the hardware fundamentals like tanks, pumps, plumbing, filtration, and more, for designing your own small or mid-size aquaponics system.
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